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Assembling Your Picture Frame After you’ve prepared your materials to be worked with, it’s time to fashion them into something that can be used. For matting this means cutting a window in the mat blank you’ve made from the larger sheet. For framing this means taking the frame sections you’ve cut from the longer sticks […]

Sanding Picture Frame Moulding Logan offers the Model 200-2 Sander to make the job of sanding quick, simple and precise. To make a pair of frame sections true, sand only one end of one section. If you are sanding by hand, use only fine grit sandpaper. Keep checking your progress until the two sections align […]

Preparing Your Framing Materials When you begin your picture framing project, many of the materials you plan to use are not in the condition necessary to use them. For example, at this stage your frame moulding is one long stick, not a picture frame. Your matboard and backing are in 32″x 40″ sheets, not even […]

Determining the Frame Size The question frequently arises, “How do I know what mat borders will look right with the size window I’ve got?” To help answer that question, I’ve devised a table called the Border Finder (Figure C-1). Using the Border Finder, you will select borders that will look appropriate for the size window […]

FITTING WOOD FRAMES Fitting involves assembling and cleaning all of the items that will go into the frame, installing the entire package in the frame, and finishing the back, typically with a dust cover and hanging hardware. During this process, it is important to avoid using too much pressure, which could cause buckling of the artwork, matting, and backing boards in the future. THE […]

Perhaps the simplest trapping method is to use a product called See-Thru Mounting Strips by Lineco, Inc. (Lineco makes many of the mounting and hinging tapes used in picture framing.) A See-Thru Mounting Strip is a clear Mylar flange with a band of adhesive along one edge. The adhesive holds the strip to the mat […]

Needle art can be mounted quickly and easily with acid-free needlework tape. To better preserve needle art and keep it out of contact with adhesive, you may want mount it by pinning and lacing. Cut a sheet of 3/16″ thick foamboard about 3 inches smaller on each dimension than your canvas. Arrange some cotton batting in the middle of the foamboard and then place your canvas face up […]